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i Letters .Pett-tnt No; 73,8475 inteitanuarg 28, il8 68. 'v

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To A L'L irnoiir IT MAY conoEnN l Be it known that L 'LAROY S'Sg.u 1 innrr of Newburyport, in thecounty of'Esses, vend State of Massachuv sette,linveinvente'de'new n ndusei'ui Improvement in the Mode oi.-Lncin,g Boots and Shoes, of which the folloniinggs n full, elettr,` end ex'nct description, reference being had to the ,accompanying drawings, making spart oithisspeciiicntion, in which--` Figure is @View of n'gaiter-hoot, showinginy improveclmocle of inning, 'Figures 2 n'nd3 represent studs and hooks'for holding the leeingstring.

Fighres 4 and 5 represent ai device forsecnring the endv ot the lacing-string. i 'The ohjectnf my inventionis to provide n simple, c iiic'ient, and expeditions` menus for lacing e. boot or sheet und vthe invention consistsin the attachment, to each side of 'the opening of' the shoe to helaced of ev'sries oihooks or buttons, n'hichere securely fastened tto the leather or other materiel, by menn's'of riv'ets,'ond f 'ove'rm around n'hich's single string, secured to the lower portion of. the opening, is passed', from one side to the'ether, and ioste'uednt the upperportion ,by n peouliorly-shaperlfdevioe, in such a mnnner'thnt theshoe may he ver# eesily land enpeditiouslyllnced and fastened, ondes .easily unfasten'ed" and unl'eced. Referring to the' drawings-- Figure 1 represents my-improredmode of lecing, .zi s l:n.pplied'to o"igeiter-boot.4

a af' are festenings,'formed of .metal er other herd suitable znateril, of the Ashape shown in figs. 2 ond 3, and consisting of n bent or hook-shaped portion, a,and s' projection, nud riveted, or otherwise 'firmly secured to the -boot or shoe, at suitableintervals on each side otfthe opening., yAtene side of the upper portion 'of the opening is nttcheda fastening, of theshape shown in figs 4 and5, the same consisting of in-etnl, haring two ourvedends or hooks, with a projecting stud in the contre, snd'is designed for securely fastening the end of the string or lacing, the plnce of tyinga knot vin thesntne, as shown 4in fig. 5.

Asingle string or 'lacing being' fastened at one end to the lower portion oi' theV openi'ng'of the shoe, is

passed alternately `from one side to the other, 'over the hooked portions a, thus causing the two sides to be gradv u elly and ejvenly drawn together-,ond at'the upperend is securedtc the fosteningb, as shown in iig. 5, where it willhe rinly held without tying.A

The'whols operation is very easily end expeditiously perilormecl. VWhen the boot o r shoe is 'tn hev-ixnlncecl, the string is simply released froin the fastening when it may, in o moment, be detachedfrom .the sidefostem ings-a ai, without the necessityfof untyingthe string, or incurring vthe rislsof n hard knot. The object of' the stud or projectioua is to-serveas a guard to prevent n, la-dys dress o r other article-Afrom-hein'g @might-inA the.

hooks a, and valso 'toA preven t'the string or lacing from slipping o ut. Instead of n'li'ook, a, the fastening-may he forn'red with 'n stud' h ni'ing a groove, for preventing the string from slipping The ordinary method of pnssingthe string'throughfeyelebholes, takesconsderehle time, comparatively, it being` necessaryto adjust the strings to the s everel-pairs of holes, intightning them np.

Haring thus des'crilied my' invention, that I clnimfns, new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, visi-- As 'anarticlelof'manufucture,the'fastening ma', Wheuoonstructed and applied to o -hoot 'or shoe, as and for' the purp'ose'speciied. v i

In testimony whereof, I have signed my nnlneto this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing v vitnesses.7 .Y 'i L. s. srnnnnfrr.

Witnesses:4

J. H. Ansns, M. S. G. WILBE." 

